News

2017

December

22-12-2017 Christmas party !
20-12-2017 Master degree defence of Marta Colombo
18-12-2017 Group Meeting with Sergio, Jerry, Chiara, Margherita, Davide
14-12-2017 14.30, Final (Third year) Ph.D. presentation of Davide Brenna
05-12-2017 A new publication of the group:
Novel chiral bis-phosphoramides as organocatalysts for tetrachlorosilane-mediated reactions
S. Rossi, M. Ziliani, R. Annunziata, M. Benaglia Molecules , 2017, accepted

November

27-11-2017 A new publication of the group:
Additive Manufacturing Technologies: 3D printing in Organic Synthesis
S. Rossi, A. Puglisi, M. Benaglia ChemCatChem , 2017, accepted
25-11-2017 Group meeting with Sergio, Margherita, Davide.
23-11-2017 A new publication of the group:
In flow/batch synthesis of chiral amines
(E. Massolo, L. Raimondi, M. Benaglia Chem Today - Chimica Oggi , 2017, 35 , 34-36
06-11-2017 Manuel Orlandi is back after a 18 minths postdoctoral leave in the group of Matt Sigman (University of Utah, USA).
Manuel joins the group as Visiting scientist. Welcome back !

October

26-10-2017 Group meeting with Sergio, Margherita, Davide, Marta, Mirco.
19-10-2017 Maurizio Benaglia is invited speaker at FROST-6 (International Conference on Flow Chemistry, Budapest)
17-10-2017 Maurizio Benaglia is invited speaker and Co-Chair of the First International Conference on Symmetry (Barcellona)
05-10-2017 Master thesis defense for Sara (Chemical Sciences) and Simona (Industrial Chemistry)
01-10-2017 Chiara Faverio joins the group for her Master thesis
Margherita Pirola won the competition for a PhD fellowship in the Doctoral School of Industrial Chemistry.
Congratulation! She joins the group for her three years PhD.

September

29-09-2017 Master degree presentation of Sara and Simona
25-09-2017 Jerry Ortiz joins the group for his Master thesis
06-09-2017 Sergio Rossi delivers an invited oral communication at ISySyCat 2017 in Evora
(M. Benaglia participates as member of the Scientific Committee)

July

09-07-2017 A new publication of the group:
Iron catalyzed diastereoselective hydrogenation of chiral imines
(D. Brenna, S. Rossi, F. Cozzi, M. Benaglia Org. Biomol. Chem, 2017, 15, 5685-5688.

June

26-06-2017 Group Meeting with Sergio, Margherita, Sara and Laura
Bachelor degree defense of Lorenzo di Noto.
18-06-2017 ISOS 2017 Starts ֠M. Benaglia is the Director of the 42nd Edition of the
International Summer school on Organic Synthesis, "A. CORBELLA" - ISOS2017 in Gargnano. Take a look here!

May

29-05-2017 A new publication of the group:
Solid supported chiral N-picolylimidazolidinones: recyclable catalysts for the enantioselective,
metal- and H2-free reduction of imines in batch and in flow mode
(R. Porta, M. Benaglia, R. Annunziata, A. Puglisi, G. Celentano Adv. Synth. Catal, 2017, doi:10.1002/adsc.201700376).
26-05-2017 Group Meeting with Maria Elena, Mirco, Simona, Davide S. and Marta.
12-05-2017 14:30, room V8 - Seminar of Prof G. Bencivenni: "Organocatalytic strategies for the synthesis of axially chiral compounds"
05-05-2017 Group Meeting with Sergio, Margherita, Sara.
02-05-2017 Laura Galliussi joins the group

April

10-04-2017 Elisa and Roberto (students from ITIS NATTA - BG) joined us for 2 weeks stage!
03-04-2017 A new publication of the group:
Stereoselective Catalytic Synthesis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Homemade 3D-Printed Mesoreactors
(S. Rossi, R. Porta, D. brenna, A. Puglisi, M. Benaglia Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, doi 10.1002/anie.201612192).

March

31-03-2017 Group Meeting with Davide, Maria Elena, Camilla and Mirco.
27-03-2017 Roberto and Elisa (students from ITIS NATTA - BG) joined us for 2 weeks stage!
26-03-2017 ISPROCHEM 2017 Starts ֠M. Benaglia, P. Allegrini, V. Farina and L. Cotarca are the cofounders of the 1st Edition of the
International School of Process Chemistry in Gargnano. Take a look here!
06-03-2017 Leonardo and Gabriele (students from ITIS NATTA - BG) joined us for 2 weeks stage!
01-03-2017 Davide Spinnato joins the group

February

27-02-2017 Group Meeting with Sara, Margherita, Marta and Sergio.
20-02-2017 Bachelor degree defense of Andrea A., Marco and Chiara.
17-02-2017 Bachelor degree presentation of Andrea A., Marco and Chiara.
15-02-2017 Group Lunch and final presentation of Said.
13-02-2017 Giulia and Luca (students from ITIS NATTA - BG) joined us for 2 weeks stage!

January

23-01-2017: Riccardo will leave the group. He has a job! Congratulations!!
19-01-2017 Group Meeting with Davide, Simona, Marta, Milena.
18-01-2017 Davide won an ERASMUS Fellowship. He will spend six month in prof. Axel Jacobi von Wangelin laboratories. Congratulations Davide!
15-01-2017 A new publication of the group:
A stereoselective, catalytic strategy for the in-flow synthesis of advanced precursors of rasagiline and tamsulosin
(D. Brenna, M. Pirola, M. Benaglia, L. Raimondi, A.J. Burke Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2017, accepted
12-01-2017 A new publication of the group:
A new class of low-loading catalysts for a highly enantioselective, metal-free imine reduction of wide general applicability
(D. Brenna, R. Porta, E. Massolo, L. Raimondi, M. Benaglia ChemCatChem, 2017, accepted
09-01-2017 Camilla Navicello joins the group.